laun.der
v.(动词)
laun.dered,laun.der.ing,laun.ders
v.tr.(及物动词)
To wash (clothes, for example).
洗涤,(如衣物)
To wash, fold, and iron:
洗熨:洗涤、折叠并烫熨:
例句:
shirts that were neatly laundered by the hotel staff.
被旅馆服务人员洗烫得很整洁的衬衣
To disguise the source or nature of (illegal funds, for example) by channeling through an intermediate agent.
洗钱:通过中间代理人的渠道来隐藏(如非法资金的)来源或性质
To make more acceptable or presentable, sanitize:
使变得更易于接受或中看,使净化:
例句:
.The transcripts are, of course, laundered . . . unidentified larger chunks of conversation are reported missing throughout.(Eliot Fremont-Smith)
.录音带当然已被做过手脚…谈话中很多部分都不见了.(艾略特·弗里蒙特—史密斯)
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To undergo washing in a specified way:
洗:用某种特定方式洗涤:
例句:
This material launders well.
这衣料很耐洗
To wash or prepare laundry.
洗衣物或作洗涤前的准备
n.(名词)
A trough or flume used in washing ore.
槽洗机:洗矿用的水槽或流槽
来源:
From Middle English launder, lavender [launderer]
源自 中古英语 launder, lavender [洗衣者]
from Old French lavandier
源自 古法语 lavandier
from Vulgar Latin *lavand3rius
源自 俗拉丁语 *lavand3rius
from Latin lavand3ria [things to be washed]
源自 拉丁语 lavand3ria [被洗的东西]
from lavanda [neuter pl. gerundive of] lav3re [to wash] * see lave
源自 lavanda [] lav3re的中性复数动形词 [洗] *参见 lave
【引伸】
laun.derer
n.(名词)